JSDoc Jekyll

A JSDOC Plugin and Template to generate a GitHub Pages compatible Jekyll Documentation Site from jsdoc comments.

Install

npm install --save-dev jsd-jekyll

Configuration

Add "./node_modules/jsd-jekyll" as a plugin and template in your jsdoc config file.

Example:

{
   "opts": {
      "template": "./node_modules/jsd-jekyll",
      "destination": "./out/",
      "recurse": true
   },
   "plugins": ["./node_modules/jsd-jekyll"]
}

Extra opts

repos { array }

Optionally a link to your source code on GitHub can be added to the documentation. Under opts in the jsdoc config file add:

"opts": {
  "repos" : [{
    "folder": "folderName",
    "name": "user/repo"
  }]
}

Multiple repos can be added to the array to support sub repositories based on the file path of the source code.

includeAll { boolean } default false

This will tag all files processed with @module filename if no @module tag is present.

functionFix { boolean } default false

• Removes bracket from a function names. @function myFunction() becomes @function myFunction.
• Tags untagged descriptions added below the @function tag

  /**
   * @function myFunction
   * This is a description in the wrong place.
   */

  Changes to

   /**
    * @function myFunction
    * @description This is a description in the wrong place.
    */

folderCategory { boolean } default false

• Assigns modules to categories based on the file location /api/main/index.js will be tagged @category api-main

JSDoc

Basic @jsdoc tags should work as documented. Not all currently work with this template, more will be added over time.

Custom Tags

The following custom tags can be added.

@category

A category can be added to a @module comment block to organize modules. Each category will create an index page with the relevant modules linked to the main api index. Modules without a @category tag will display on the api index.

@route

Use @route to document api routes in the following format

/**
/* @route {GET} /api/path description...
*/

Add parameters using the appropriate param tag (@routeparam, @headerparam, @bodyparam, or @queryparam). All follow the @param fromat ({type} name description)

Linking Types

When using a module as a return or parameter type preface the module name with module: Example:

/**
/* @param {module:myMod1} paramName description of the parameter
/* @returns {module:myMod2} description of the return
*/

Jekyll

To run Jekyll locally (requires ruby):

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

Only /_data/jsdoc.json will be overwritten when running jsdoc a second time. Other files can be customized as needed. To reset them, delete and run jsdoc.

Set up GitHub Pages

Credits

• Uses modified jekyll theme bulam-clean-theme
• Inspiration from jsdoc-route-plugin